Does anyone know Norwegian knife laws?

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"Brekke"

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It's really smarter to do things the legal way so I'm wondering if anyone knows what's legal and what's not of knives in Norway. I tried to look in this law book, SHEESH, that book was seriously made for confusing people. Thousands of pages with small writing in lawyer jargon, paragraphs on this and that and everywhere you look there is a referance to some other place in the book that is just as useless as the first one...
 
Just go to the local police station and ask for the rules. Most police stations have booklets that the cops use as guidelines so they don't need to go thrue the whole criminal law, for every crime that occurs.

They will be pleased to help you, because

a) you asked them advice BEFORE doing something illegal
b) they will know your face, and will put you in their "good guys" book.

All cops have Good people/ Bad people in the back of their head. They learn thru the years who is a criminal and who is not. If you ask them polite about the law they will subcontious "file" you as a law abiding citizen, and you will never have a problem with them.

Also a good advice is to always greet the local cops, at first they will look funny, because people rarely greet cops, but they will appreciate it, and if you keep greeting them they will remember after a while that you are a nice guy and not an "unknown " suspect.
 
Yeah, who know's the law better? If I knew some good lawyer he might even be able to uncover a few loopholes. A friend of mine said anything larger than 150 mm (handle included) is illegal, but I don't know if that includes folders though. The knife I'm carrying right now is about twice that size.
 
I replied in the Euroforum.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=342074

Also; I tried going to the police station and ask for the law.
Nobody knew anything. They tried to say something, but ended up
"uh, ah, knife...? yah, that's clearly not legal to carry. the law says that, but I don't have it right here, uh, right now, eh?"

The law is this: "it is illegal to carry a knife in public without a reason".
Carry what you want as long as you can verify that you have the need to do so.
And the knife itself has to be legal in Norway, which means no autos or balisongs.
20" Ang Khola khukuri for cleaning fingernails? I don't think so.
Small swiss army knife with corkscrew, screwdrivers and a sheeple friendly color? That's more like it.

More in the answer linked to above.

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